Quick and Easy Weeknight Grilling Menu

Don't keep your grill covered until the weekend. With this easy weeknight grilling menu, you can enjoy an outdoor dinner any night of the week. Save time by making salads in advance and cooking the meat and veggies together in one grill packet. For dessert, throw together a premade strawberry shortcake, and you've got a gourmet meal ready in no time.

To keep hungry pickers at bay, serve this grilled bruschetta as a predinner snack. Just brush store-bought pesto on a baguette and grill it, then top it with a mixture of ricotta and sun-dried tomatoes.

This mild couscous salad with oregano-lemon dressing goes perfectly alongside the grilled tilapia and vegetables. For a quick meal during the week, make this summer salad ahead of time  it only gets better with age.

Feta cheese and chickpeas lend a Mediterranean flair to this satisfying, no-cook side salad that's ready in just 10 minutes. The homemade Creamy Dill Ranch (recipe included) is great with it, but it would also be good with a tangy vinaigrette.

Fruit salads can be served as a side during dinner or with dessert  and they're even better after they sit for a while so the juices can mix together. This one calls for peaches and blueberries in a honey-ginger dressing, but you can make fruit salad out of whatever fruits are in season.

This sweet dessert will be a hit for the whole family. Prepare the shortbread and strawberry filling ahead of time, so all you have to do is whip up the cream (or have store-bought whipped cream on hand) when it's time for dessert.